Volunteers needed at Acres: get involved with wildlife issues in Singapore

Exciting volunteer opportunities with ACRES are open this year. Contact the relevant person as soon as possible as the individual teams will be holding their first meeting soon.

Volunteers needed for these teams:
Fundraising Team
Education Team
Wildlife Guardians Team
Events Team
Creative Team
Wildlife Trade Team
Cruelty-Free Team

Fundraising Team

Role: To raise funds for the general operations of ACRES as well as for specific campaigns and projects, such as the ACRES Wildlife Rescue Centre (AWRC).

Tasks: Researching potential sources of funding. Assisting with approaching companies for sponsorship of events and projects. Securing new locations for donation tins and collecting and replacing donation tins from various locations (drivers critically needed!) Developing new ways of raising funds.

Contact: louis@acres.org.sg

Education Team

Role: To deliver the new HEAL (Humane Education for All Life) programme to primary school students, to instill a sense of compassion and respect for animals in young people and to raise awareness of animal welfare issues in the younger generation.

Tasks: Delivering the HEAL programme to schools- acting in skits, supervising activities, giving talks etc. Assisting with school visits to the AWRC.

Contact: amy@acres.org.sg

Wildlife Guardians Team

Role: To assist with the daily operations of the ACRES Wildlife Rescue Centre (AWRC).

Tasks: Assisting with animal care and general maintenance work at the AWRC. Assisting with educational programmes at the AWRC for school students, as well as giving tours to the public.

Contact: anbu@acres.org.sg

Events Team

Role: To organise fundraising events and activities. To organise regular educational roadshows.

Tasks: Developing ideas for regular fund raising events, organising the events, securing venues, approaching companies for sponsorship of events etc. Securing venues for regular public educational roadshows throughout Singapore.

Contact: leanora@acres.org.sg

Creative Team

Role: To create new ACRES merchandise in order to raise funds. To use creative skills to develop new materials to promote ACRES, raise funds and relay information to the public on animal welfare issues. To explore new methods of promoting ACRES and the animal welfare message in Singapore.

Tasks: Creating new ACRES merchandise. Designing new ACRES awareness materials such as brochures, posters, advertisements, campaign videos etc. as well as fundraising materials.

Contact: charlene@acres.org.sg

Wildlife Trade Team

Role: To monitor and document levels of illegal wildlife trade in Singapore. To collaborate with the TCM (Traditional Chinese Medicine) community to eliminate the use of wild animals in TCM.

Tasks: Conducting undercover investigations into the illegal trading of wild animals and wild animal parts throughout Singapore e.g. by pet shops and TCM shops. Liaising and working with traders towards the elimination of illegal practices. Collaborating with the TCM community on the elimination of the use of wild animals in TCM.

Contact: james@acres.org.sg

Cruelty-Free Team

Role: To promote the concept of a “Cruelty-Free Lifestyle” and produce resources to empower the public to make more humane choices in their everyday lives. To create a demand for “Cruelty-Free” products in Singapore and make companies aware of this demand.

Tasks: Producing materials exposing the truth about the ways animals suffer for everyday products used by humans and for human entertainment. Researching the availability of “Cruelty-Free” products in Singapore, e.g. writing to companies asking about their animal-testing policies. Writing to supermarkets/shops asking them to stock cruelty-free/more humane products (such as free-range eggs).

Contact: amy@acres.org.sg

More details on the Acres website